Gophers Edge Iowa In Tense Big Ten Clash
Iowa trails Minnesota 81-80 after an 8 minute scoring drought late in the second half. Garmaker fuels the win with 19 points in the final 18:37 as Minnesota stalls down the stretch. Iowa fights back with late saves but miscues at the line and weak rebounding seal the narrow loss.
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Gophers
Hawks
Bill Simonovich
Gopher
Dick Garmaker
Mencel
Garmaker
Bolstorff
Tucker
Lindlsey
Sharm Scheuerman
Sharm
Gazette
Tom Merryman
Bill Logan
Chuck Mencel
Brechler Back No Decision Yet at Iowa State
Iowa City AP says Paul Brechler, director of athletics at the State University of Iowa, returned from a New York trip with no immediate comment on his future. He has been offered Indiana University’s athletic director post and has until mid January to decide. Friends suspect talks with Indiana officials occurred last week, possibly during his NYC trip for the NCAA meeting.
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Mlinois
New York
Eliot
Illinois
Ohio State
Ray
Em Lindbeck
Howard Cassady
Bob Watkins
Dave Leggett
Lindbeck
Iowa City
Paul Bechler
State University of Iowa
Brechler
Indiana University
Indiana
New York City
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Littler Captures L A Open Title
Los Angeles event ends with Gene Littler, in his first pro year, winning the Los Angeles Open for 6 under par 276 total 72 holes and the $5,000 top prize. Ted Kroll previously posted 278 for second place and $2,780.
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Gene Littler
U.S
Palm Springs
Calif
Littler
Ted Kroll
Cedar Rapids Second in State Class B Volleyball Meet
The Cedar Rapids YMCA volleyball team placed second at the state class B tournament in Des Moines behind undefeated Des Moines. Cedar Rapids finished with a 2 1 record after beating Fort Dodge and losing to Springfield in the semifinals.
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Des Moines
Fort Dodge
Knoxville
Springfield
University of Kansas
Kansas City
Iowa
Bud DeJong
Bob Hostler
Tom Hendrickson
Dick Clausen
Charles Walker
Paul Jones, Jr
Fred Taylor
Virgil Gallo
Minneapolis
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Montana
St Wenceslaus, Cedar Rapids, Tops Lansing JC In Tourney
Immaculate Conception of Cedar Rapids defeated St. Marys of Marshalltown 68 43 as Dubuque Dive tourney action continued. St Wenceslaus Cedar Rapids beat Lansing JC 50 34 to advance to the semifinals in class B 1.
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Immaculate Conception
Cedar Rapids
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Marshalltown
Hegre
St. Wenceslaus
Red Hawks
Lansing J.C
Waukon St. Patrick’s
Iowa Faces Spartans and Illinois Faces Purdue Rivalry Sparks Big Ten Night
Iowa meets Michigan State at the Iowa Fieldhouse in a key Big Ten clash as both teams chase second place. Purdue travels to Lafayette to face Illinois in another top pairing, with Illinois seeking to extend a recent scoring surge and Purdue aiming to stay atop the conference standings. Wisconsin sits at the bottom while Indiana hosts Minnesota and Wisconsin visits Michigan in the other evening games.
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Wisconsin
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Indiana
Michigan
Wolves
Richest Hambletonian Race Sets 1953 Purse Record
The 1953 Hambletonian for 3 year old trotters offered a record purse of $117,117 making it the richest trotting race in history. Nominated horses included notable contenders from top stables competing for the historic prize. The event drew widespread attention in the harness racing community and set a benchmark for future purses.
Meet the Preps Six Teams Clinch Titles in Eastern Iowa
Six Eastern Iowa basketball teams have already clinched conference titles with one more half game from a title tie. Lamont West Liberty Colesburg girls hold crowns as county and league action looms, while Van Horne Delhi Walker and Central City chase further honors. Olin and Sacred Heart also in contention as week unfolds.
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West Liberty
Colesburg
Banan County
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Mississippi
van Horne
Central City Boys
Delhi Boys
Delaware
Walker
Central City
Alpues
Jones County
Olin
Morley
Onslow
Sacred Heart
Big Ten Standings and This Week Schedule
Standings show Purdue Illinois Michigan Ohio State Minnesota Northwestern Michigan St Indiana Wisconsin all tied at one win each. Monday games include Michigan State at Town Wisconsin at Michigan Indiana at Minnesota Illinois at Purdue. Saturday matchups feature Michigan at Michigan State Purdue at Minnesota Illinois at Ohio State Indiana at Wisconsin.
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Minnesota Northwestern
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Michigan St
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Illinois
Midwest Conference Basketball Schedule Mixed Results
The record shows multiple matchups across the Midwest Conference with teams including Cornell Knox Monmouth Carleton Grinnell Coe Ripon St Olaf and Wartburg. Upcoming games list Towa Toomer Lene Carleton at Oma and exchanges like Monmouth at Illinois College with several Friday and Thursday slots.
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Monmouth Carleton
Grinnell Coe
Ripon St. Olaf
Towa Toomer
Lene Carleton
Oma
Monmouth
Ilinois College
Grinnell
Coe
Ripon
Carleton
Knox
Wartburg
St. Olaf
Central Wartburg Upper Iowa and Other College Matches
Tuesday games feature Upper Iowa at Dubuque Wartburg at Luther Buena Vista at Westmar Central at Simpson Iowa Wesleyan at Carthage and Parsons at Iowa Wesleyan Friday schedules include Upper Iowa at Westmar Luther at Central Dubuque at Parsons Wartburg at Grinnell Buena Vista at ... Simpson and Iowa Wesleyan at Carthage games reflect a busy slate with cross town rivalries and travel among regional colleges.
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Westmar
Central
Simpson
Iowa Wesleyan
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Parsons
Upper Towa
Grinnell
Vener Town
Eer
Uque
Lowa Esleyan
Carthene
North Dakota Defeats Augustana in Wide Span Victory
North Dakota and Morningside matchups were noted as ND State opening with a decisive 40 to 8 win over Augustana while South Dakota and Iowa Teachers also played. The text references Saturday morning events and listed games involving Loras and other teachers teams amid unclear scheduling details.
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Augustana
Morningside N. D
South Dakota
Iowa
N. D
Yorningside
Becicka Leads Point Race as St. Joe's Presses Past St. Pat's
In a tight showdown Bellevue rode Butch Ernst and Bob Mueller to a 50-40 fourth quarter surge after trailing at halftime. Ernst 22 and Mueller 20 paced St. Joe's while Dave Ipsam led St. Pat's with 13. Other scores include Sacred Heart of Oelwein 57 Cascade St. Mary's 31 and St. Martin's Cascade 56-46 over Stacyville.
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Bellevue St. Joe’s
Cedar Rapids
St. Pat’s
Bob Mueller
St. Joe’s
Butch Ernst
Bellevue
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Mueller i
Dave Ipsam
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Dale Eisner
Leon Kurt
Stacyville
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Cascade
Tom Goetzinger
Waukon St. Pat’s
Charles City S.C
Paul Campbell
Charles City
Clinton swimmer sets new national interscholastic record
Clinton senior Gary Morris lowered the national interscholastic 40 yard freestyle mark to 17.6 seconds in a dual meet with Rockford West, surpassing Dearborn gymnast Gest who swam 17.7 last year.
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Gary
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Kentucky Keeps INS Vote Lead
Kentucky holds the top spot in International News Service weekly college basketball poll with a 7-1 record. Northern State and Missouri follow, while Wisconsin, Western a?ntton and other teams fill the top ten rankings in the nationwide survey.
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New York
INS
International News Service
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Missouri
Weta ‘Weenneton
U.C
Mrs Gundling Wins Synchronized Swimming Tryout
Mrs Beulah Gundling of Cedar Rapids led the two day tryouts in Tooele Utah scoring 95.14 points to win the solo spot on the American synchronized swimming team bound for the Pan American games in Mexico City next month.
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Utah
Cedar Rapids
Beulah Gundling
Mexico City
Gundling
Promoter Proposes Ameche $100000 Wrestling Contract
Des Moines promoter P. L. Pinky George says he will offer Wisconsin star Alan Ameche a $100000 per year guarantee to turn professional as a wrestler. He plans to confer with Ameche in Milwaukee Friday night and provide a $25000 advance to seal the deal.
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P. L. Pinky George
Alan Ameche
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Ameche
George
Milwaukee
Slaughter Joins Yankees Partner in Belleville Jewelry Firm
Off-season note recalls Enos Slaughter linking with a partner to operate a Belleville jewelry business in Illinois. The affiliation highlights his activities beyond baseball.
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Enos Slaughter
Yankees
Belleville
Luther Names Larry Lake as Student Assistant Coach
Larry Lake joins Luther as student assistant coach after ineligibility cost Luther two league wins. The defending champions face Wartburg, Central, and Simpson this week as they push to reclaim the title with Central considered the league favorite.
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Hamlet Peterson
Wartburg
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Simpson
St Matthew's, Immaculate Conception win second round openers
In Catholic Grade School basketball at S C gym St Matthew's and Immaculate Conception won their first games in the second round. Larry Wagner scored 24 as his team beat St Vene 70 to 42. Jim Vlasek led all scorers for St Vene with 31. St Matthew's led by Joe Toman 22 and Frank Fish 15 topped St Ludmila 56 to 18, with Jack Havlicek scoring 11 for the losers.
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Baseball clubs propose $200 thousand settlement in antitrust suit
Thirteen major league clubs offer to settle for $200 000 a 12 million dollar antitrust suit filed by Liberty Broadcasting System of Dallas. Gordon McLendon, head of Liberty, calls the compromise a victory for his bankrupt system. He says the trustees will decide whether to accept.
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Gordon McLendon
Liberty
Broadcasting System
Rams May Get Navy's Erdelatz
Washington Star quoted Navy Coach Eddie Erdelatz saying he has been offered the Los Angeles Rams head coaching post at roughly twice his Naval Academy salary. He described the five year deal as hard to turn down.
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Eddie Erdelatz
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